Yosemite installation via pen drive with Clover

[aymanalz]

As I anticipated, I am having trouble with the bootloader. I can boot into Yosemite only if I boot from the USB pendrive with clover in it. From Yosemite, I installed clover as well as chimera (separately, one at a time) on the hard disk, but neither of them are detected at boot. The machine directly goes into Windows.

It may have something to do with which partition is set "active". As I understand, there is no way to specify active partition on a GPT disk. So how do I make the computer load clover, instead of Win bootloader?

[pernacabeluda]

If Windows is installed in UEFI mode you need to install Clover UEFI

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3405

Do not format EFI partition because is contains Windows files, just mount it.

[aymanalz]

If Windows is installed in UEFI mode you need to install Clover UEFI

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3405

Do not format EFI partition because is contains Windows files, just mount it.

 

Hi,

The info on that page is confusing, and I am not sure which step to begin at. Here is my present state - the hard drive is pure GPT, and on one partition Win 8.1 is installed in UEFI mode, and in another partition, Yosemite has been installed. I used the image file from Olarila on piratebay to make the pendrive.

I can boot Yosemite from the pendrive. Following the instructions on that page you linked, I copied the EFI folder from pendrive to Yosemite partition on hard disk. I entered clover from USB stick, and the option I had was "Add all Clover options", not "Add clover UEFI options". Anyway I added all the clover options, so at bootup I get several legacy and UEFI options. Here is what I get when I boot:

1) If the pendrive is not in the USB port, when I select "Boot from UEFI Yosemite", it simply shows me the manufacturer logo of the laptop, and boots into Windows.

2) If I keep the USB stick plugged in and select the same option, it starts to boot, but encounters a kernel panic and restarts.

3) If I keep the USB stick plugged in and boot from the USB stick, then as before, I can get into Yosemite.

Obviously, I want to be able to boot into Yosemite or Windows without the pendrive. Please tell me if I have done something wrong.

[pernacabeluda]

Remove all Clover entries from BIOS. When you boot the USB to "Add as UEFI boot option", notice there are more than one "Clover Boot Options" button, but just one of them refers to your SATA HD (check by the identifier). Select "Add as UEFI boot option" only from that one.

Edit:

I copied the EFI folder from pendrive to Yosemite partition on hard disk.

Do not copy it to Yosemite partition, but to EFI partition. Mount it with commands from topic (mount only, do not newfs), there should be an EFI folder inside it, just copy CLOVER folder from pen drive to this folder.

[aymanalz]

That worked. I used windows command prompt to mount the EFI partition, and copied the clover files into it. Now clover is starting automatically from hard drive.

How do I change the settings of clover? I mean, chameleon used to have a file where I can specify many options. I want to hide two data partitions on startup.

Also, graphics is not working for me. I moved all the intel hd kexts from s/l/e. (I would get a kernel panic if they were present and clover checked "add intel" option. I have an intel hd 4000 and an Nvidia GT 630M. Whichever card I choose in clover, once OSX loads, the system info says that I have only 4 mb of video ram. Is there a link on the site about getting either intel or nvidia to work with full acceleration?

Also, I am unable to shutdown properly - when I restart, it just gets stuck, and I have to force it off with th power button.

Any kexts available for broadcom wireless adapter?

These are the only three remaining issues for me.

Thanks in advance.

[artur-pt]

hello

give a good read here

http://clover-wiki.zetam.org/Contents

good hack

[aymanalz]

^^

I did, but I have not been able to solve my problems. I shall start a new thread, since it may be off topic here.

[Jeordanis]

Hi

Firs, thanks for your support guys, i love this forum.

I'm trying to install yosemite using your usb image and following your instructions but when I boot to the usb the installer stop at this screen:

I try booting with legacy and uefi getting the same result. I use your image to install yosemite with no problem in my msi z97-g45 motherboard but i change to a gigabyte ga-z97x-ud5h and know i cant boot to the installer. Im using the stock bios and optimized default settings. I will apreciate some help.

[pernacabeluda]

Try to configure BIOS like this

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4084

[Jeordanis]

Try to configure BIOS like this

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4084

 

Hi. Thank you for reply.

Ive tried these settings with the same result. I also tried booting with chameleon but nothing work. Any idea?

I dont know if you can see the screen shot. Here is the link: http://pasteboard.co/1uVnAwnx.png

[pernacabeluda]

What SMBIOS does Clover set?

[Jeordanis]

It says:

Product name: Imac 14.2

Version: 1.0

[pernacabeluda]

Try to remove npci parameter from boot args, or change it to 0x3000.

[Jeordanis]

I change it to 0x3000 and get the same result, then remove the entry and now i get "still waiting for root device"

I tried chaging usbownership to "true" and use " -gux_defer_usb2 -gux_no_idle" but stil stuck in waiting for root device and a forbidden sign on screen.

[pernacabeluda]

Did you configure XHCI in BIOS as explained in this topic?

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4084

[artur-pt]

hello

check here ur bios config

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4084

good hack

[Jeordanis]

I tried using diferent usb ports but nothing change. Tried booting without caches but "unable to load caches".

Looks like the usb ports stop working at some point.

[Jeordanis]

Did you configure XHCI in BIOS as explained in this topic?

http://Olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4084

 

Yes. I configured my bios exactly as explained in your link.

PD: Im booting clover legacy as you explained in the install instructions.

[pernacabeluda]

Try to remove the kext GenericUSBXHCI from EFI/CLOVER/kexts/10.10 (maybe this USB works natively).

[Jeordanis]

I do that but still the same problem.